---
type: "Bill"
title: "Imperial County: registrar of voters."
description: "Existing law requires the county elections official to perform specified duties pertaining to elections. However, in specified counties, the board of supervisors is authorized to appoint a registrar of voters to discharge all duties vested by law in the county elections official which relate to, and are part of, the election procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "California SB 66 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Imperial County: registrar of voters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vargas"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-01-06"
last_action: "2011-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b89ed25-2fd9-4bce-b0c5-46be006b31ad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB66"
source_hash: "3a34defc9f6a786678d034ced8819e3b3aaac4fbc94a9eace6e100a3408925d5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 66 (20112012) — Imperial County: registrar of voters.

Existing law requires the county elections official to perform specified duties pertaining to elections. However, in specified counties, the board of supervisors is authorized to appoint a registrar of voters to discharge all duties vested by law in the county elections official which relate to, and are part of, the election procedure.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/06/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB66&version=20110SB6699INT)
2. **05/10/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB66&version=20110SB6697CHP)
3. **SB66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB66)
4. **05/03/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB66&version=20110SB6698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 66 Vargas Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vargas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-01-06** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-07** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 6.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-01-27** Set for hearing February 9.
- **2011-02-07** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-02-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 208.) (February 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-02-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 252.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1179.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2011-05-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-05-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b89ed25-2fd9-4bce-b0c5-46be006b31ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).